5 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Reno - Atlas Obscura

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Pyramid Lake

This Nevada lake holds not only its titular natural pyramid but if the legends are true, a number of baby ghosts as well.

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Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

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Wilbur D. May Museum

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

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Natural Selection

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

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National Bowling Stadium

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

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The Generator

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

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Scheels Sporting Goods

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

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